Monday, January 28, 2013

Snack Attack

Greetings y’all. It’s
Monday again. In fact, it’s the last Monday in January. I have got to stop wishing time away because
it seems like just yesterday it was New Year’s Day. The immediate New Year’s Resolution I had is
going well, though. I lost 2 more pounds
last week. I have lost 7 of the 15.2
goal with 8.2 left to go. Since I
started Insanity, I’ve also lost a total of 2.75 inches so things are going
well. I ate too much between Saturday
evening and Sunday night but hopefully I’ll work it off this week. I could have done better but it’s really the
first time since the beginning of the year that I’ve slipped. The point is that dusted myself off and I’m
right back on. We all fail in something
every day. You just have to get back on track.
Besides, if you were faced with something called pizza dip and then
chicken stuffed with prosciutto and cheese, you’d cheat too.

Other than binge eating, my biggest problem in the diet game
is completely mental. I have to convince
myself that I’m not hungry. I do this by
making sure that I never go more than a couple hours without eating. In order to do this and not balloon up, you
have to have snacks that are healthy and filling. This first image is of cucumbers and
hummus. I love bread and hummus together
but the bread is loaded with carbs and the hummus can be a bit fattening so
having both isn’t something that’s recommended.
So, we must make sacrifices and I find this snack to be a good compromise. I found these individual servings of hummus
which are great because the risk of eating too much is diminished. I used a cucumber instead of bread because
you can have as much as you want for zero points and they are pretty
filling. I also had ham on the side
which is of course optional but I needed some protein. I’ve had this several times and I’m not tired
of it yet so that’s good.

This picture is very simple but something not to
forget. Salsa is something that you can
have unlimited amounts of so I eat it a lot.
I also discovered recently that guacamole and low fat sour cream aren’t
too bad in points either so I created a little snack fiesta with Baked Tostitos
Scoops. I mix all three together and it’s
quite tasty. You have to be careful with
the guacamole and sour cream though and only have a couple tablespoons of
each. My problem is I want to eat the
whole container. Just make sure if anything
has fat in it, you only eat the recommended serving.

So, as many of you know, I’m addicted to Pinterest. The next series of images will tell a tragic
but quite funny story of a cookie project gone horribly wrong. The first picture is how the cookies I
attempted are supposed to look. The
pictures after that are several attempts that I made to mimic the image. I got Cassandra to make one and hers at least
had good shape. You take sugar cookie
dough, shape it like a heart and leave a hole in the middle. After that, you put Jolly Ranchers in the
middle to create a stained-glass effect.
The cookie kept creeping over the candy.
I kept making them bigger and bigger thinking that would help…but it
made it worse. The last picture was the
closest I got but I gave up because after over 2 hours of trial and error, I was
over it. I should’ve known a project to
celebrate Valentine’s day would turn sour.

Down 75!

Down 60!

Down 50!

Down 45!

Down 35!

Down 25!

Before

Current Before and After

Down Progression

About Me

I am what my Dad calls a healthy girl who is trying to be less...healthy? None of it makes sense but I am going to attempt to hash it all out here. I love my dog, my family and my friends. Seems silly to tell you much about myself since I will be telling you that sort of thing quite often.